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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/why-lrmc-isnt-in-consumer-reports-heart-unit-report?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Why LRMC Isn\'t In Consumer Reports\' Heart Unit Report</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Winter Haven Hospital chose to take part in Consumer Reports\' new listing of how The Society of Thoracic Surgeons rates hospital\'s heart-surgery programs, which shows it with the top three-star rating.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/new-surgery-for-adults-with-pectus-excavatum?fromrss=1"  target="feed">New Surgery for Adults with Pectus Excavatum</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Submitted by Joe Legge on September 8, 2010 - 12:44pm. \"We\'re doing a repair of a deformity of the chest wall called a Pectus Eexcavatum,\" says Dr.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/u-s-coronary-bypass-centers-rated?fromrss=1"  target="feed">U.S. Coronary Bypass Centers Rated</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Consumer Reports published ratings for 221 coronary artery bypass grafting centers in the U.S. on Tuesday.</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>A commentary in this week\'s New England Journal of Medicine called our publication of heart bypass surgery ratings a \"watershed event in health care accountability.\" Those ratings are based on data provided by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the professional organization for heart surgeons.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/4-mass-groups-score-well-in-heart-surgery-ratings?fromrss=1"  target="feed">4 Mass. groups score well in heart surgery ratings</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>The same people who rate cars and vacuum cleaners are grading groups of doctors who perform heart bypass surgery.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/consumer-reports-identifies-50-top-rated-heart-bypass-surgical-groups-in-u-s?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Consumer Reports Identifies 50 Top Rated Heart-Bypass Surgical Groups in U.S.</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 7 -- The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center today unveiled its first doctor ratings based on a new collaboration with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons , publishing a list of fifty top-rated heart-bypass surgical groups in the U.S. The surgeon ratings plus advice about treating heart disease are available in the October ...</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>Doctors sometimes fail to recommend surgery for an elderly person, because they fear a higher risk of complications.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/09/people-on-the-move?fromrss=1"  target="feed">People on the Move</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>Dr. Patrick J. Halpin and Dr. Joseph P. Clabots have joined the board of directors of Puget Sound Health Partners.</p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.topix.net/med/thoracic-surgery/2010/08/cohen-receives-board-certification?fromrss=1"  target="feed">Cohen Receives Board Certification</a>');
document.write('<br /><p>LANCASTER -- Dr. Aryeh Cohen recently received his certificate from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, after passing his oral examination in Chicago.</p>');
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document.write('<br /><p>Physicians from across the world flock to the Polish mountain resort of Zakopane to learn an innovative lung cancer staging method developed by Dr.</p>');
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